#felaude

[drawing2cope]

Merry Christmas @hyper-tense - I'm your secret santa this year! Please enjoy some Felaude cuddling at the fireplace!

[emzurl]

It’s them 💚💙

[anarkhebringer]

hey buddy may I hear about your claude and felix ship because it sounds very big brain

I can’t describe how hyped I am, I FINALLY have come across another person that likes this ship

Anyways, I’ll throw some headcanons out there for ya. This’ll be a long post under a cut since I’ve got a Lot of feelings about these two.

- Knowing Felix’s whole deal with Dimitri, it wouldn’t shock me if he were to transfer to the Golden Deer due to their views. And Claude’s gonna be intrigued by Felix because of his strength and refusal to put on the rose-tinted glasses the people of Faerghus usually have on about nobility and knighthood and potential intel for winning mock battles against the Blue Lions

- I feel they’ll have a little bit of a rocky start due to how joking and outwardly charismatic Claude is around people, and how Felix keeps himself closed off and doesn’t allow himself to have the fun he wants to have, but eventually Felix will warm up as he watches the antics of the other Golden Deer together and won’t scowl when a quip is thrown his way. He may smile while watching the other Golden Deer bullshitting with each other sometimes, but he still refuses to let himself laugh. Not letting himself laugh at jokes is just one of the things that’ll be staying for a very long while, if not forever to some degree.

- The way they grow closer will probably be the kind of way that has them both keeping it inside and not showing it (aside from the usual subtle and casual flirts from Claude that are too common for Felix to know for sure), and them not realizing just how close they’ve become until it hits them really hard one day. It may get rocky between them again if Felix were to confront Claude about why he got so close, and accuse him of only wanting Felix around for Blue Lions intel, but they’ll both come back together in a few days after their feelings sit and marinate in their minds, and they can both be honest with each other about what they kept hidden.

- Felix is of course gonna want to train with Claude and demand it, and seeing Claude’s skill with axes, and the fact that he’s a challenge to spar with due to how quick his movements and mind are, is probably gonna get him really excited. Felix is gonna win most of the time, though Claude may manage to get him on the ground sometimes with quick tricks to get him tripped up. Eventually Claude’s probably gonna be one of his favorite training partners, alongside Byleth and Raphael.

- These two aren’t fully honest with others about their feelings and desires unless there’s a LOT of trust, so the moment they can be openly honest with each other will be what sets their feelings in stone and gives them both the courage to try for something more than platonic. They’re both scared of losing those they hold dear, so they may start out slow and enjoy whatever affection they give they each other as it comes. Claude is patient, and more willing to try more things, so he’ll be the one easing the progression along smoothly until they’re both comfortable with not progressing with baby steps. Felix goes along with it due to the consideration of his feelings that no one else gave him before, alongside feeling outright addicted to the feeling of someone holding him close and giving him genuine love and support. He’ll still get aggressive and bicker about it, but in the end he always goes quiet and just clings to Claude tightly.

- Claude could probably manage to talk Felix into at least trying to mend things with Dimitri in the future. Felix never had anyone that heard his side and didn’t judge him for his feelings about what happened until Claude came around, so eventually Felix would consider at least dialing down on insults because it was Claude who asked him to. As long as Felix tries, Claude is happy.

I’ll go ahead and stop this here for now, since it’s getting long. I’ve also got headcanons for AU portrayals of these two as a ship, especially my Modern/Rebirth AU, but those are a whole different story and really different than these ones, so I won’t go into that AU’s ship headcanons unless I’m asked. Thanks for this ask, I had fun writing it and thinking of these two again!

[inukai]

claulix said gay rights !!!

[tk-duveraun]

Okay, hear me out: Claude/Felix backhand slap :)

VW, post Timeskip, spoilers for Blood of the Eagle and Lion.

We’re on the final stretch! 

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The deafening crack of skin on skin broke the quiet mourning in the camp. The Crest of Flames banners hung limp and damp from the morning dew. Felix’s panting breaths formed small clouds of fog in the chill air as the Crest of Fraldarius faded. He balled his hands into fists that trembled in time with his jaw. It spoke more to the soldiers’ surprise than discipline that no one approached to restrain him.

For their part, Byleth stood to the side, a frown pulling at their face.

Claude stood unmoved, almost heedless of the redness blooming across his face from the backhand. Sad green eyes rested in an otherwise even expression. Even though they were nearly the same height, he towered over Felix like a majestic stag in his prime while Felix panted and snarled like a wounded cub. He signalled ‘stand down’ to his guards that still hadn’t responded to the threat. He didn’t break eye contact. “Are you done?”

“You left him to die!” Felix slashed his arm between them, his Crest burning brightly a second time. “Is the Alliance not enough for you, Riegan?”

Still, Claude did not rise to meet the emotion. “He was a threat to the army. He attacked our forces and his own if they stood in his path. Attempting an alliance with Prince Dimitri would have been tactical suicide.”

“You were afraid the soldiers would follow him over you. You could never inspire the same loyalty.” When Claude didn’t respond to the acidic words, Felix ripped the gold armband off his sleeve. He threw it to the ground and added the silver earring, torn from his flesh, on top. He spat on both and turned his back, stalking off into the morning mist.

A heartbeat.

Ten.

Then Claude’s expression collapsed. He crumpled tight, his shoulders pulling in and eyes squeezed too tight for tears to slip through. He allowed himself a single, pained whimper before kneeling and scooping up Felix’s things. The bloody earring, he wrapped in the gold fabric and then he placed it all into a pouch on his belt.

Byleth put their hand on Claude’s shoulder. “Shall I go after him?”

Claude smiled, but he’d fallen back to his school days where it didn’t meet his eyes. “Thank you, my friend, but no. He’ll come back on his own, or he won’t. This is war. Sometimes we lose things no matter what we do.”

“But he’s being ridiculous!” Hilda said. Her hands were balled into fists and she shook with restrained energy. “I tried! I lost half of my battalion trying to save his idiot prince! Three soldiers died getting his body back from the Empire! You can stand there and take it, but I’m going to give him a piece of my mind!”

Claude didn’t grab her arm, didn’t have to. He gave her the lightest touch and she froze. “He’s grieving. No amount of effort on our part will have been enough, especially since I let Dedue sneak off with his body last night.”

“You what?!” Hilda howled, rounding on him. 

“He would have fought our guards to the death for his liege. It was the best option I had. We couldn’t afford him hounding our convoys all the way North.” He patted Hilda’s shoulder. “And I’m proud of how you lead your people. If I’d known Dimitri was so volatile, I wouldn’t have given the order. No one could have been expected to stop him.”

Tears crept into her eyes and she turned away. “Yeah, alright, I just wanted the battle to be over as quickly as possible.”

“We don’t have a good replacement for him,” Byleth murmured.

“I know.”

“Our plans for the Old General-”

“I know,” Claude interrupted, the hurt burning in his voice. His arms shook. “I’ll figure something out. I have a whole book of contingencies for Fort Merceus.”

“Do you need to take a day?”

“Yes.” Claude laughed, throwing his head back with hysteria. “But we don’t have one.” He took a deep breath and the emotion peeled off his face like wax from a spent candleholder. “I need three, no four, wyvern messengers. Have them come to my tent in half an hour.”

If Byleth meant to press, meant to question, it never crossed their face. They simply nodded and set off deeper into the camp.

[anarkhebringer]

Felix: Claude came into my room in the middle of the night. I pretended to be asleep, he stroked my cheek and hair for a minute, and then left. Is he planning to kill me?

Sylvain: No, he just loves you, idiot.

[inukai]

“I love you. With everything I am.”

this was only supposed to be pose practice but it turned into something very different!! @_@

[anarkhebringer]

Claude: I live for compliments.

Felix: You look kinda good sometimes.

Claude: I’m so alive.